Role
Full Professor of Geodesy and Geomatics at Sapienza University of Rome and CEO of the spin-off SurveyLab srl.
Bio
From ASI-NASA programs on Mediterranean crustal deformations to the Einstein Telescope, she has built her career in space geodesy. A full professor of Geomatics at Sapienza University of Rome, she leads research and international teams on satellite monitoring of soil, infrastructure, and natural hazards.
Since 2022, she has been Team Leader in the ET Organization (ETO) for civil engineering and the long-term sustainability strategy of the Einstein Telescope, ESFRI's gravitational-wave infrastructure, and leads the sustainability work packages in the ET-PP and ETIC projects. She is associated with INFN and CERN.
She has put her skills at the service of institutions: she is a Civil Protection expert for the Stromboli emergencies, a member of the Technical Scientific Committee for reconstruction after the 2016-17 earthquake, and responsible for agreements with ministries, regions, and major operators such as ANAS and Metro C.
In 2008, she founded the spin-off SurveyLab, of which she chairs the Board of Directors. SurveyLab won Phase 2 of the H2020 SME Instrument as the only Italian SME in the space sector and was awarded by the Lazio Region for female innovation.
She conducts intense research in civil, environmental, and aerospace engineering, with projects funded by the EU, ESA, ASI, INGV, and ministries, and numerous publications in international journals. She has supervised many doctoral students, helping to train young researchers, and has served as a PhD examiner at Cambridge and Oxford. She holds a degree in Physics from Sapienza University and a PhD from Bologna, and has been a visiting scientist at the USGS (USA).